Invoices and quotes go out to customers. A purchase order is the same idea pointed the other way — what you're ordering in, not billing out. If you buy stock, raw materials, or supplies from anyone, a proper PO gives you a paper trail: what was ordered, at what price, and whether it's shown up yet.
How Orders works
Everything, built in
List what you're ordering
Vendor, line items, tax region — the same line-item builder as Dobydil Invoice and Quotes, just addressed the other way.
Track it through to delivery
Draft, sent, received, or cancelled — a purchase order's status tells you what's still outstanding with a supplier.
Download and send
A clean PDF to email or hand to your supplier, the same as any other Dobydil document.
Questions, answered
Does marking an order 'received' update my inventory automatically?
No — on purpose. Matching a purchase order line item to the right inventory item automatically risks getting it wrong on a typo or a renamed product, silently corrupting your stock count. Marking an order received just tracks the order itself; update quantities in Dobydil Stock yourself when goods arrive, so the number is one you actually checked.
Do I need a saved vendor list first?
No — just type the vendor name each time, the same as customer names on quotes and invoices.
What if goods move without a sale — job work, a return, a sample?
That's Dobydil Delivery Challans, linked from your purchase orders when relevant. No tax applies since nothing's being sold, so it's a different document from an invoice or a PO.
What if a vendor overcharges me, or I need to return damaged goods?
Dobydil Debit Notes handles that — the mirror of a credit note, pointed at a vendor instead of a customer, optionally linked to the original purchase order. Same as everywhere else: it's a record, not an automatic adjustment to the PO.
Start using Orders today
Free to start, and it comes with the whole Dobydil suite under one login. Upgrade to Pro only when you want more.
